TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jones, Grant
AU  - Castro-Ramirez, Franchesca
AU  - Al-Suwaidi, Maha
AU  - McGuire, Taylor
AU  - Herrmann, Felipe
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/24
TI  - A Brief, Digital Music-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Black Americans With Elevated Race-Based Anxiety and Little-to-No Meditation Experience (“healing attempt"): Replication and Extension Study
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e53268
VL  - 7
KW  - Black music
KW  - mindfulness
KW  - meditation
KW  - music
KW  - song
KW  - psychotherapy
KW  - self-compassion
KW  - ethnic
KW  - cultural
KW  - single-case experiment
KW  - race
KW  - anxiety
KW  - digital health intervention
KW  - Black
KW  - digital health
KW  - low income
KW  - racial disparity
KW  - mental health
AB  - Background: Race-based anxiety is a critical health issue within the Black community. Mindfulness interventions hold promise for treating race-based anxiety in Black Americans; however, there are many barriers that prevent Black Americans from using these treatments, such as low cultural relevance, significant time burdens, and excessive costs. Objective: This study is a replication and extension of findings that “healing attempt”—a brief (<60-minute), digital, music-based mindfulness intervention—is a feasible and acceptable intervention for race-based anxiety in Black Americans. In this study, we tested this research question among those with little-to-no meditation experience. Methods: The participants were 4 Black American adults with elevated race-based trait anxiety and little-to-no meditation experience. We used a series of multiple-baseline single-case experiments and conducted study visits on Zoom (Zoom Video Communications) to assess whether the intervention can decrease state anxiety and increase mindfulness and self-compassion in Black Americans. We also assessed feasibility and acceptability using quantitative and qualitative scales. Results: In line with our hypotheses, “healing attempt” increased mindfulness/self-compassion (Tau-U range: 0.57-0.86; P<.001) and decreased state anxiety (Tau-U range: –0.93 to –0.66; P<.001), with high feasibility and acceptability (the average likelihood of recommending “healing attempt” was 88 out of 100). Conclusions: “healing attempt” may represent a feasible intervention for race-based anxiety in Black Americans with elevated race-based anxiety and little or no mindfulness experience. Future between-subjects randomized feasibility trials can assess whether the intervention can give rise to lasting improvements in race-based anxiety, mindfulness, and self-compassion. Trial Registration: OSF Registries osf.io/k5m93; https://osf.io/k5m93 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2023/1/e53268
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/53268
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37999941
DO  - 10.2196/53268
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/53268
ER  -